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To: Curlton Latts who wrote (8957)	11/11/1997 12:09:00 AM
From: Apple12	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Problems ahead possibly, a quote by Carl Johnson in latest Infrastructure. Not everything we heard was bullish during our travels. One of our goals during the AEA Conference was to assess the status of DUV lithography. Although DUV stepper shipments appear to be growing nicely, many device manufacturers have expressed that this transition is much more difficult than originally anticipated. One analyst, who will remain nameless, told us that DUV steppers purchased by one semiconductor company were "printing nice circles". Ultimately, these problems will be resolved but for now we would caution investors about the near term prospects. In our Monthly Letter we plan to continue with our next generation lithography study along with an update on how some of the players are doing in the DUV market

To: Curlton Latts who wrote (8957)	11/11/1997 3:10:00 AM
From: NW Bronco Fan	Respond to of 25960

Does anyone have a good understanding or could someone explain how options might impact the price by next Friday's expiration. In looking at the open interest for CYMI options, it looks like there might be alot of interest in elevating the price to around 25 for both the put and call options. Check out the open option interest: webservices.pcquote.com I'd like to hear some thoughts on how this might have an impact if at all. Last month I remember ASND's share price was nailed right at 34 15/16 bid, 35 ask with a last trade at 34 15/16 on expiration day after trading in the 32-33 range just days before. This was during a period when the market, networkers in particular, were having some down days leading to expiration day. Do CYMI's lasers suddenly start working better for the next couple weeks or is this just wishful thinking? Duane

To: Curlton Latts who wrote (8957)	11/11/1997 8:27:00 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Excellent insight, Curlton. It is those who pretend to be long and are actually short that have the highest psychological leverage with their words. Their cryptic words produces psychological turmoil in the naive investor. Also, don't forget that professional institutional traders are hiring hypsters to flood these thread with misinformation. It is difficult to really know who is legit. A good sign post to help identify the hypsters is observe how they pop out of nowhere with an obvious bias and then soon disappear only to pop up again with a new screen names but the same personality. As time progresses we are become more familiar with the legitimate posters. Legtimate newcomers have a very difficult time identifying the potential professional hypsters because they haven't had the long experience with some of the old legitimate posters.